Last week, the Washington Post suspended (and later reinstated) a journalist who, following Kobe Bryant’s death, Tweeted a link to the basketball superstar’s past rape allegations. We discuss complicated legacies, and whether memorialising our heroes risks erasing their shortcomings.

<p>Last week, the Washington Post suspended (and later reinstated) a journalist who, following Kobe Bryant&rsquo;s death, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/28/media/washington-post-felicia-sonmez-kobe-bryant/index.html">Tweeted a link to the basketball superstar&rsquo;s past rape allegations</a>. We discuss <a href="https://jill.substack.com/p/kobe-bryant-and-complicated-legacies">complicated legacies</a>, and whether memorialising our heroes risks erasing their shortcomings.</p>

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